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Word: encomium
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Noun:
- literature A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
- rhetoric A general category of oratory.
- rhetoric A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
- The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
- Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
Source: Wiktionary
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